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The Sundial
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 | VOL. 59 IS. 8 | FREE
SEVERAL STUDENTS and
faculty packed the CSUN
faculty senate meeting,
where the senate voted to
not implement the guide-lines
given in Chancellor
Timothy P. White’s Execu-tive
Order 1100.
The CSUN faculty
senate voted Thursday to
not comply with Execu-tive
Order 1100. The order
would have eliminated a
portion of the general edu-cationrequirement
that
includes comparative cul-tural
studies.
The vote was passed after
several faculty members
and students offered tes-timonials
arguing why the
order would be detrimental
to the university. However,
an immediate motion was
passed by executive offi cer
Steven Stepanek to postpone
the matter and re-vote at the
next faculty meeting.
According to Faculty
President, Dr. Adam Swen-son,
it is uncertain what
action that the CSU Chan-cellor’s
offi ce would take if
CSUN chooses not to comply
in the future. As it stands,
the order is set to take into
effect in fall 2018.
Students and Faculty
members fi lled the Ferman
Presentation room in the
Oviatt Library for the faculty
senate meeting to express
concerns about E.O. 1100.
Africana studies depart-ment
chair, Dr. Theresa
White, gave an address at
the meeting and said that it
is inevitable that cross-cul-tural
studies departments
will be harshly impacted by
the executive order.
“This is not an easy fi x”
White said. “There are a
number of things that we
need to take into consid-eration
and we need more
time to really think about it
and we need some folks for
whom this will really affect
to be in that conversation.”
The purpose of the E.O.
1100 is to achieve uniformity
in graduation requirements
across CSU campuses. CSUN
is the only campus with an
additional GE requirement,
section F, whereas the other
23 campuses only have A-E.
The order will essentially
end section F, a require-ment
that ensures that
students complete course-work
in comparative cultural
studies.
Swenson and many
other faculty members
have expressed opposition
to the order since it was
introduced on Aug. 23. The
Chicano studies department
and the college of behav-ioral
sciences each have
issued statements citing
issues with the Chancellor’s
decision.
E.O. 1100 has led to
sweeping uncer tainty
around the future of the
cross-cultural studies
departments on campus
because many of the classes
that they offer are heavily
enrolled by students from
other majors who take those
classes as part of their GE
coursework. According to a
memorandum provided by
the College of Behavioral
Faculty senate votes on Executive Order 1100
DEDE OGBUEZE
DESK EDITOR
t @DAILYSUNDIAL
MAX SULLIVAN/ THE SUNDIAL
Brian Burkhart, the director of American Indian Studies is one of several faculty members who op-posed
Executive Order 1100.

HTTP://SUNDIAL.NEWS
csunsundial
@dailysundial
@thesundial
The Sundial
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017 | VOL. 59 IS. 8 | FREE
SEVERAL STUDENTS and
faculty packed the CSUN
faculty senate meeting,
where the senate voted to
not implement the guide-lines
given in Chancellor
Timothy P. White’s Execu-tive
Order 1100.
The CSUN faculty
senate voted Thursday to
not comply with Execu-tive
Order 1100. The order
would have eliminated a
portion of the general edu-cationrequirement
that
includes comparative cul-tural
studies.
The vote was passed after
several faculty members
and students offered tes-timonials
arguing why the
order would be detrimental
to the university. However,
an immediate motion was
passed by executive offi cer
Steven Stepanek to postpone
the matter and re-vote at the
next faculty meeting.
According to Faculty
President, Dr. Adam Swen-son,
it is uncertain what
action that the CSU Chan-cellor’s
offi ce would take if
CSUN chooses not to comply
in the future. As it stands,
the order is set to take into
effect in fall 2018.
Students and Faculty
members fi lled the Ferman
Presentation room in the
Oviatt Library for the faculty
senate meeting to express
concerns about E.O. 1100.
Africana studies depart-ment
chair, Dr. Theresa
White, gave an address at
the meeting and said that it
is inevitable that cross-cul-tural
studies departments
will be harshly impacted by
the executive order.
“This is not an easy fi x”
White said. “There are a
number of things that we
need to take into consid-eration
and we need more
time to really think about it
and we need some folks for
whom this will really affect
to be in that conversation.”
The purpose of the E.O.
1100 is to achieve uniformity
in graduation requirements
across CSU campuses. CSUN
is the only campus with an
additional GE requirement,
section F, whereas the other
23 campuses only have A-E.
The order will essentially
end section F, a require-ment
that ensures that
students complete course-work
in comparative cultural
studies.
Swenson and many
other faculty members
have expressed opposition
to the order since it was
introduced on Aug. 23. The
Chicano studies department
and the college of behav-ioral
sciences each have
issued statements citing
issues with the Chancellor’s
decision.
E.O. 1100 has led to
sweeping uncer tainty
around the future of the
cross-cultural studies
departments on campus
because many of the classes
that they offer are heavily
enrolled by students from
other majors who take those
classes as part of their GE
coursework. According to a
memorandum provided by
the College of Behavioral
Faculty senate votes on Executive Order 1100
DEDE OGBUEZE
DESK EDITOR
t @DAILYSUNDIAL
MAX SULLIVAN/ THE SUNDIAL
Brian Burkhart, the director of American Indian Studies is one of several faculty members who op-posed
Executive Order 1100.